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  • 1Emergency power system — Emergency power systems are a type of system, which may include lighting, generators and other apparatus, to provide backup resources in a crisis or when regular systems fail. They find uses in a wide variety of settings from residential homes to …

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  • 2shutdown — shut‧down [ˈʆʌtdaʊn] noun [countable] 1. COMMERCE the closing of a factory, business etc: • a nuclear plant shutdown 2. COMPUTING MANUFACTURING the act of stopping a computer or large mach …

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  • 3Power supply — For the Budgie album, see Power Supply (album). A vacuum tube rackmount adjustable power supply, capable of +/ 1500 volts DC, 0 to 100mA output, with amperage limiting capability. A power supply is a device that supplies electrical energy …

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  • 4System Management Controller — The System Management Controller (SMC) is an internal subsystem introduced by Apple Computer with the introduction of their new Intel processor based machines in 2006. It takes over the functions of the SMU [… …

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  • 5Power-on self-test — (POST) is the common term for a computer, router or printer s pre boot sequence. The same basic sequence is present on all computer architectures. It is the first step of the more general process called initial program load (IPL), booting, or… …

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  • 6Power strip — Power bar redirects here. For the manufacturer of energy food products, see PowerBar. French/Belgian power strip A power strip (also known as an extension block, power board and by many other variations) is a block of electrical sockets that… …

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  • 7System Management Mode — (SMM) is an operating mode first released with the Intel 386SL and available in later microprocessors in the x86 architecture, in which all normal execution (including the operating system) is suspended, and special separate software (usually… …

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  • 8system crash — system failure, shutdown of a system; condition in which a computer system stops working for some reason (such as a power failure) and it is necessary to restart the system …

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  • 9Shutdown (computing) — Windows XP shutdown dialog box …

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  • 10Power management keys — The power management keys are three keys on 108 key PC computer keyboards which control the computer s power management status. They are the Power key, the Sleep key, and the Wake key.The Power key is used both to power on and to power off the… …

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